Pricing Irrigation Water
Subtitle: Principles and Cases from Developing Countries (RFF Press)
Publisher: RFF Press
Published: April 1, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 319
ISBN-13: 9781891853760
Subjects: Irrigation; Water industries; Government policy; Irrigation water; Developing countries; Industries - Agribusiness; Natural Resources; Business & Economics; Prices; Business / Economics / Finance; Business/Economics; Development - Economic Development; Real Estate - General; Nature / Natural Resources; Water-supply; Economic aspects
First sentence: AS WATER SCARCITY INCREASES, water quality deteriorates, water-related environmental and social concerns rise, and climatic change amplifies extreme events, such as floods and droughts, the water sector becomes a critical policy challenge in many countries.
Description: "In Pricing Irrigation Water, the authors present a new framework - based on farm-level analyses of derived demand for irrigation water and on economywide analyses of the interaction between pricing and macroeconomic policies - for assessing water pricing policies. The framework offers examples of how to examine and compare different pricing mechanisms, under various conditions, for pricing irrigation water, which in turn will provides policymakers and water managers with the necessary means to assess the way water is utilized."--Jacket.